Hanging sleeping tent



Nov. 20, 1928.

J. nu. ET AL HANGING SLEEPING TENT Filed Aug. 24, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 20, 1928. 2 1,692,522

J. TILL ET AL HANGING SLEEPING TENT Filed Aug 24, 1925 2 sheetg sheet 2 zz H . suspending means.

Patented Nov. 20, I928.

UNITED STATES PATENT o FIcE.

HANGING SLEEPING TENT.

. Application filed August 24, 1925, Serial 110(52 192, ,and in Czechoslovakia December 19,1924.

' The invention hasffor its object to pro vide a hanging sleeping-tent which is intended to be used especially for travels, voyages and aerial navigation. 7

According to the invention the cloth of this sleeping-tent is connected by its lower edge with three sides of a seat-bottom and suspended at its upper gathered end from a suitable support. 7

In the accompanying drawings several embodiments of the invention are represented. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hanging tent fixed on the usual hook of a baggageboard. Fig. 2 shows a detail of the tent Fig. 8 represents the hanging-tent fixed on a baggage-board by an elastic hook. Fig. t shows the hangingtent fixed in a car provided with so called baggage-nets. ing-tent partly folded, Fig. 6 shows it fully folded.

As it is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the hangingtcnt consists of a cloth body 1 the lower edge of which is sewed together with a double-bottom 3 forming a bag. The tentbody is open in the front as. indicated at leaving the front-edge of the double-bottom free.

Preferably a quilting seam is made through the doub1e-bottom and the inside of the latter is extended to provide a flap G.

The upper end of the tent-cloth forms a hollow roll 10 which has openings 7, 8, 9. Through this roll passes a cord 11 by which the height of the tent and the width of the upper end of the tent-cloth may be varied.

For suspending the tent preferably a disk 14 is used which is connected variably by the cord 12 with a suspending-ring 13 and has a large central opening 15 and four holes 16, 17, 1s, 19.

One end of the cord 11 is drawn in through the one end of the hollow roll 10, extended through the opening 7 passed through the central opening 15 and the hole 16 and then drawn in again through the opening 7 into the hollow roll. In this way the cord passes alternately through the different parts of the hollow roll and the holes of the disk till the end of the cord is finally drawn out of the hole 19 and the other end of the cord can be tied to it. By this arrangement an equal distribution of the load of the tent over its whole circumference is obtained.

On either side of the tent large arm-holes 20, 21 are provided which are covered out- Fig. 5 illustrates the hang 'wardly by flaps 22, 23. These flaps have the form of arm-supporters and are sewed to the tent their'frontedges being left free. Moreover bags 24 may be secured onthe inside of the tent.

The hanging tent is suspended on the usual hooks of the baggage-board by means of the 'ring 13, so that the double bottom just touches the bench.

nets the hanging tent may be suspended as it is shown in Fig. 4 on the hooklike curved ends 26 of the supports 27 which sustain the frame of the net formedby metallic rods or tubes 28 or there may be used for this purpose a strong leather strap, cord'or the like 29 which passes through the suspending ring 13 and is fastened preferably at the rear member of the frame. 7

A special advantage of the pointlike suspension or fastening consists in that the rolling, shaking and lurching motion of the car, ship and airship is considerably moderated.

Since the traveller is housed in the hanging-tent the more comfortably and agreeably, the farther back the point of suspension is situated it is of importance to transfer this point as far back as possible.

In order to make the suspension of the tent yielding and to prevent the cord being broken by the jerky load according to the invention at least one of the members serving for it may be rendered elastic. In Fig. 3 one of the different possibilitities to attain this end is shown. In this case the tent is provided with a strong preferably metallic springy hook 130 which as it 'is' illustrated in the drawing is fastened on the baggage-board so that its flat portion 31 rests against the upperside and its S-shaped portion which forms the hook 32 and acts asa strong spring rests against the underside of the board.

YVithout departingfrom the nature of the invention the cord provided at the upper end of the tent or'the suspension ring 18 may be made elastic. i

By means of this hanging-tent the traveller is protected not only against the draught of air and coal dust but also against the lamp light during the night. If desired a cushion bag which may he closed by means of the The hanging tent folded in the describedmanner forms a convenient travelling bag,

which has suflicient space forlreeping various travelling necessaries and moreover may be employed as pillow or seat cushion.

Having thus described our invention, We

claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent Hanging sleeping-tent comprising a seat bottom, a tent cloth. conneoted at its low or edge With three edges of the seat bottom a hollow roll with openings formed on the upper end of the tent a disk having a relatively large central opening and lateral openings, connected With a suspending ring a cord drawn through the hollow roll and passing alternatively through the openings of the latter and through the holes oi the disk in order to secure an equal distribution of the load.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afiix our signatures.

J osnrinn TILL. KONRAD TILL. 

